Brocade SANnav logs encoded passwords and auth tokens
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-922.
Summary
Brocade SANnav before 2.4.0b and 3.0.0 writes encoded passwords and authentication tokens to log files. An authenticated attacker who can read a log file, including one inside a SANnav supportsave, can recover those passwords. The weakness is classified as CWE-922, Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS 4.0 base score 8.2 (HIGH).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
A vulnerability in Brocade SANnav before 2.4.0b and 3.0.0 prints encoded passwords and authentication tokens in log files. The vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the log file including the SANnav supportsave to access the passwords.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Brocade SANnav to 2.4.0b or later, or to 3.0.0 or later. CISA has not added this to KEV, and no exploit is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Brocade SANnav (Brocade) Fixed in 2.4.0b
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5047
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-15 Alias added: GHSA-vrg4-pprr-h7xv
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · NVD
References
More Brocade vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01721 Code injection exposure in Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6 KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2016-06760 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-19729 hard-coded credentials in the documentation that appear as the appliance root password CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06762 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-04739 OS command injection in Brocade Network Advisor CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06761 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-5047 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5047 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vrg4-pprr-h7xv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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